61. The Secret Garden Pet Stream -- Wild Side Asian Elephant and wild bird conservation at Afrian Lion Safari inCanada. Back to the top of this page. We Are primates. primates http://www.nakedmolerat.org.uk/tha/wildside.html

Where To Go At This Site Introduction and Philosophy News and Updates We are Primates We Need Pollinators ... The Secret Garden Song is Citra by the Indonesian band, BIMBO. Click in front of the "S" to play. Site created and maintained by Roanna Introduction and Philosophy Wild animals are more than just heraldic symbols or names for web site competition teams. That we consider them mythical and magical creatures at all, only goes to show how detatched we have become from the natural world. We depend on wildlife and its habitat. Animals and plants form the ecosystems that produe life giving oxygen, useful products, and botanical medicines. Animls, both those closely rated to us and those quite different from us, teach us about ourselves when scientists study their physioloy, anatomy, genetics, and behavior. Moreover, every third bite of food we eat would not be there without pollinators. The Wild Side supports zoos, research labs, and captive breeding. If the idea of zoos or labs horrifies you, please reconsider. When species eome so endanered that there are too few to sustain a geneticly healthy population in the wild, zoos and laboratories step in with a program to rebuild the populations by breeding in captivity. The goal of captive breeding is not just to build a large enough population, but to ensure that the poulaion is geneticly diverse enough to overcome disease or other disaster. The Wild Side also supports pollinator research, and beneficial insect awareness in general because

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64. A Walk On The Wild Side Assorted Bears - Cats - Elephants - Endangered Species - Opossum - primates -Wolves - Zoos http://www.robinsfyi.com/animals/wild/wild.htm

From here you can learn about all the different types of wild life. Learn the difference between an Asian and African Elephant. What animals are endangered, and what can be done for them. FYI's A walk on the wild side Herps have a page of their own - Reptiles Marine Life can be found on the Fish page. Hoofed are located on the Hoof Stock page. Rescue groups are located with the shelters. Assorted Bears Cats ... Zoos The animal section contains almost 30 pages and 1,500 links along with information, about animals and insects ranging from the average house cat to elephants. Even a little animal humor is sprinkled around. This handy pop down menu will quickly take you to the different sub pages of this section. (* are link pages) ANIMALS-Main page for section Rings! Birds - Pet or wild* Bugs - Insects* Cats* _BathTime! For Your Cat _Rusty Rules Hoof Stock - anything with a hoof Little Critters - hamsters, gerbils, etc.* Pet Supplies* _So you think you want a rabbit? Reptiles* _The common boa _Finding your escaped snake _So you want a pet snake? _Snake Humor _You might be a herper if...

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66. Research INTELLIGENCE: A Walk On The Wild Side A walk on the wild side. This has helped to solve a puzzle when they are walkingquadrupedally, why do primates use different footfall sequences to other http://www.liv.ac.uk/researchintelligence/issue9/a.html

Issue 9 June 2001 Medals and prizes for Liverpool chemists Enterprising appointment Liverpool DSc for Government's Chief Scientific Advisor Queen in name... king in practice ... Exploiting the Zeta potential A walk on the wild side Stepping on the gas From spiral to chiral Research INTELLIGENCE ... Archive A walk on the wild side Scientists at The University of Liverpool attracted world-wide attention when they demonstrated how certain early hominids would have walked, and reconstructed the gait of apes which lived ~20M years ago. Recently, research by the same team has led to explanations for a number of evolutionary puzzles. Reconstruction of 3.6M years-old 'Lucy' walking 'Lucy' is probably the world's most well-known fossil skeleton. Discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, she is the most complete example we have of Australopithecus afarensis , an early hominid which lived ~3.6M years ago. Less than four feet tall, with a small brain and a big jaw, Lucy's face probably resembled a chimpanzee's - but her hip and knee resembled a human's.

67. Primates In Peril What do you do with several hundred chimpanzees. You cannot release themback into the wild. Since that time many other primates have arrived. http://www.waystation.org/html/peril.html

Every purchase helps our wildlife Search our Site P RIMATES I N P ERIL Sally is one of a group of thirteen primates who arrived at WW last spring Primates throughout the world are facing loss of habitat, catastrophic reduction in their populations, and continued pressure by man. The great apes are particularly at risk. Great apes include the Orangutan (Pongo pygmacus), the mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla berengi), the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), and the pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus), and many species of gibbons. Chimpanzees are man's closest living relatives with DNA structures 97 to 99% identical to man. Generally speaking, we have not been treating our relatives very well. O RANGUTAN The Orangutan once numbered in the hundreds of thousands and ranged from southern China throughout Southeast Asia. Today they number approximately 20,000 in isolated populations on the islands of Sumatra (Pongo pygmaeus abelli) and the island of Borneo (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) The Orangutan, which translates from Malay as "forest man", is mainly a solitary animal. Solitary animals need larger ranges in foraging and this conflicts with these islands' human populations which clear cut large areas for timber export. Poachers also kill the mothers and take the babies to sell into the pet trade. The orangutan is listed as endangered by US Fish and Wildlife and CITES. M OUNTAIN G ORILLA The mountain gorilla faces severe pressure in much of its current home range. It is found in isolated family groups in the Virungas mountains of Zaire and Rwanda and in portions of Uganda. Civil war in Zaire and Rwanda has severely reduced protection of these animals. However, except for one or two isolated instances early in the war, the populations do not appear to be in current danger from the military. The total wild population is estimated at slightly over 600 animals. The mountain gorilla is listed as highly endangered due to habitat reduction by encroaching human populations and poaching.

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69. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT UPON THE RESCUE OF ENDANGERED PRIMATES OF THE SOCIALIST It is important that a special facility be established to maintain small captivepopulations of endangered primates whose wild populations are no longer viable http://www.novexcn.com/viet_rescu_endang_primates.html

English Commentary MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT UPON THE RESCUE OF ENDANGERED PRIMATES OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (Promulgated by the Ministry of Forestry on March 23, 1993) SUBJECT: ENDAGERED SPECIES; FORRESTRY ISSUING-DEPT: MINISTRY OF FORRESTRY OF VIETNAM ISSUE-DATE: IMPLEMENT-DATE: LENGTH: 1184 words TEXT: Background and Justification It is important that a special facility be established to maintain small captive populations of endangered primates whose wild populations are no longer viable, or for those animals that are confiscated from the illegal trade, and provision should be made for long-term field studies of remaining wild populations and their threatened tropical forest habitats. With the assistance of the international zoological and conservation communities. it is also important that captive breeding programs for several of these primate taxa be developed as soon as possible as an insurance against the possible extinction of wild populations. Objectives It is recognised that: a. increased protection for and a better scientific understanding of wild primate populations and tropical forests in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is of the highest priority;

70. ABCNEWS.com : Vietnam's Tiny Primates At Risk Southeast Asia. That's one of the reasons why no one is sure justhow many of these elusive primates are left in the wild. In a http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/endangered_pygmyloris010508.htm

var SectionID="SciTech"; var SubsectionID="DailyNews"; var NameID="endangered_pygmyloris010508"; June 6, 2001 Good Morning America World News Tonight PrimeTime Nightline ... ABCNEWS.com GO TO: Select a Topic Sci/Tech Index HOMEPAGE SCI/TECH FEATURE Two baby pygmy lorises at the San Diego Zoo. The zoo's research facility has been studying how to preserve the endangered primate, whose rain forest home in Vietnam is threatened. (San Diego Zoo) Furry Primates at Risk Tiny Primates at Risk in Darkness of Vietnam's Forests May 9 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Fluffy Primates at Risk Captive Breeding in North America Not only are these rare primates good at hiding, they're found in remote rain forests of Southeast Asia. That's one of the reasons why no one is sure just how many of these elusive primates are left in the wild. In a partnership with Vietnamese scientists, the San Diego Zoo has had success in studying these small furry animals , which move slowly under the cover of darkness. Fluffy Primates at Risk "They're in very remote areas," says Helena Fitch-Snyder, a behavioral biologist at the zoo. "They're nocturnal animals so to find them, you have to go out at night." Lorises have physically appealing faces with the large eyes typical of nocturnal animals. They weigh only a few pounds and stick to traveling in trees, where they have remarkable agility.

71. VET 217 Course Outline Focuses on the identification, captive management, restraint, and diseases of fish,reptiles, birds, rodents, rabbits, ferrets, primates, wild carnivores, and http://www.br.cc.va.us/vettech/courses/vet217co.htm

Blue Ridge Community College The Curriculum Course Information and Materials Admission Requirements ... Program Information Curriculum Student Information Veterinary Resources Home BRCC Home BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Introduction to Laboratory, Zoo, and Wildlife Medicine VET 217 (3-0-3) Spring 2000 Stuart L. Porter, VMD Office: B-109 Phone- 540-234-9261 ext 283 (888-750-2722) brports@br.cc.va.us I. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Focuses on the identification, captive management, restraint, and diseases of fish, reptiles, birds, rodents, rabbits, ferrets, primates, wild carnivores, and wild herbivores. Presents the fields of laboratory research and zoological medicine. II. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course the student will be able to: A. Identify the common species used in laboratory research, exhibited in zoos, kept as pets, and living free in Virginia. B. Restrain a wide variety of species safely by either physical or chemical means. C. Recognize general anatomical differences among mammals, birds, and reptiles. D.

72. Eco-Portal: Forests/Forest Ecology/Wildlife/Primates and repatriating excaptive orangutans back into the wild (Added Thu understandingthe biological, behavioral and socioecological aspects of primates, and the http://www.eco-portal.com/Forests/Forest_Ecology/Wildlife/Primates/welcome.asp

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73. Primates Commonly Used In Research In the wild,they prefer the middle canopy where they search for insects Male squirrelmonkeys are unique among primates because they become fatted putting http://www.primatefreedom.com/labmonkeys.html

HOME CONTACT NAVIGATE HERE Our Mission Primate Freedom Tags Primate Research Laboratories Primate Research Laboratories SQUIRREL MONKEY RHESUS MACAQUES CRAB-EATING OR LONG TAILED MACAQUE Primates Commonly used in Research SQUIRREL MONKEY In The Wild Squirrel monkeys live within most of the rain forests of the northern Amazon Basin. In the wild,they prefer the middle canopy where they search for insects and fruit. These monkeys also eat snails, arthropods, and small vertebrates such as tree frogs. Male squirrel monkeys are unique among primates because they become "fatted" putting on weight in the upper torso during the breeding season. The squirrel monkey group size varies from a small group of ten to more than two hundred individuals in undisturbed Amazon rain forests. Read about the conditions of squirrel monkeys in two separate labortories. Squirrel Monkey Breeding and Research Resource Mobile, Alabama GO University of California San Francisco, California GO RHESUS MACAQUES In The Wild Rhesus macaques roam extensive territories in multi-male groups with strong male and female hierarchies. Dominance is conveyed via the maternal lineage. Rhesus macaques have evolved complex minds capable of keeping track of who is whose mother, grandmother, brother, sister, son, daughter, cousin

74. Andy Kerr - Save The Primates And Free Willy bond with the animal species with the most intelligence and they need not be primates. TheKeiko Free Willy Foundation wants to return the whale to the wild. http://www.andykerr.net/ChieftainCols/Col33.html

Western Larch, © George Wuerthner You are visiting Andy Kerr's Column #33 Return to: Chieftain Columns Index Andy Kerr Home Page Site Map Save the Primates and Free Willy Whales belong in oceans, not zoos. Andy Kerr Home Page Topic Areas About Andy Kerr Books by Andy Kerr Chieftain Columns ... Site Map By Andy Kerr Column #33 - Go to next column Length: 750 words Published: 23 October 1997, Wallowa County Chieftain When my parents first took me to the Portland (now Washington Park) Zoo, I tarried most at the monkey and gorilla exhibits (really just cages without bars). They could kind of walk like humans (though their knuckles tended to drag), and could grasp tools like humans. They seemed to be able to communicate with sounds and gestures. They appeared to be engaged in playful activities. Books later told me that primates express a variety of same emotions human do, including surprise, happiness, sadness, grief, anger and depression.

75. Break The Death Chain TO IMMEDIATLEY END ITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRUEL TRADE IN wild CAUGHT BABOONSFROM KENYA AND TO BAN THE IMPORT OF wild CAUGHT primates INTO SOUTH AFRICA. http://www.saav.virconn.com/get.htm

HELP BREAK THE DEATH CHAIN SAAV STOP THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (MRC) FROM "BREEDING" PRIMATES FOR VIVISECTION. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, CALL ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATLEY END ITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRUEL TRADE IN WILD CAUGHT BABOONS FROM KENYA AND TO BAN THE IMPORT OF WILD CAUGHT PRIMATES INTO SOUTH AFRICA Please fill in all form fields, thanks! Title Mr. Ms. Mrs. Name Surname Email Address Please only click the submit button once, thanks again for your support! Want to know more or what you are signing for? Background WAG and SAAV uncovered that they are initially planning to bring in 300 wild-caught baboons from Kenya but the figure could be as high as 1000. It is also an expensive undertaking - The use and confinement of primates in laboratories for the purpose of research is not only scientifically questionable but animal experiments, like slavery, is a fundamental underpinning of societal injustice. Using and breeding primates for research is at the very least controversial and at odds with the increasing world-wide recognition that primates are sentient beings that display high level of intelligence, have complex social, emotional and family lives and are capable of suffering. Animal experimentation: A secret and unaccountable industry It is hard to find another industry that generates such public concern, and yet is so manifestly unaccountable and untransparent . Information relating to animal experimentation is deliberately kept among the vested interest groups and behind closed doors. Existing animal ethics committees are structurally deficient, provide inadequate protection for animals and fail to critically review research hypotheses or methodologies. It is a self-policing, self-perpetuating, peer review system where accountability is to one's close colleagues. In essence, they are a rubber-stamp and deprive the public of any meaningful participation in a process which is largely funded at public expense.

76. Matsuzawa:1990-1994 Sugiyama, Y., Fushimi, T., Sakura, O., Matsuzawa, T. (1993) Hand Preferenceand tool use in wild chimpanzees. primates, 34(2),151159. http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/koudou-shinkei/shikou/staff/matsuzaw/1990-.html

Tetsuro Matsuzawa Home Home (Japanese) Publications Orangutan Contact staff staff (Japanese) Back to Ai's Page Back to L and I Home page Matsuzawa, T. (1990) Form perception and visual acuity in a chimpanzee. Folia Primatologica, 55, 24-32. Matsuzawa, T. (1990) Spontaneous sorting in human and chimpanzee. In Parker, S. and Gibson, K. (Eds.), "Language and intelligence in monkeys and apes: Comparative developmental perspectives". Cambridge University Press, 451-468. Matsuzawa, T., Sakura, O., Kimura, T., Hamada, Y., and Sugiyama, Y. (1990) Case report on the death of a wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus). Primates, 31(4), 635-641. Macaca fuscata ): Analysis by the food-aversion learning. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 104, 233-237. Pan troglodytes ) and humans ( Homo sapiens ). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 104, 345-351. Pan troglodytes ). Psychological Reports, 68, 51-60. Pan troglodytes ). In Ehara, A., Kimura, T., Takenaka, O., and Iwamoto, M. (Eds.), "Primatology today". Elsevier: Amsterdam, 313-316. Matsuzawa, T. , Itakura, S. and Tomonaga, M. (1991) Use of numbers by a chimpanzee: Further study. In Ehara, A., Kimura, T., Takenaka, O., and Iwamoto, M. (Eds.), "Primatology today". Elsevier: Amsterdam, 317-320.

77. Global Decline Of Primates - A Worldwatch Institute Press Briefing primates are also pursued for the pet trade. Although trade in wild primates is illegalin most countries, many have a weak record of enforcing wildlife laws. http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/pr970828.html

Main Menu New Pubs Alerts September/October 1997 World Watch magazine Worldwatch Press Briefing on the Global Decline of Primates HOLD FOR RELEASE 12:00 noon EST Thursday, August 28, 1997 HALF OF ALL PRIMATE SPECIES FACE EXTINCTION Human pressures are crowding out our closest relatives The continued growth in human numbers and activities may cause the extinction of many of our nearest evolutionary relatives. The 233 non-human species of primates, including chimpanzees and other apes as well as monkeys, are collectively the most imperiled group of mammals on our planet. Almost half already face extinction, and nearly 20 percent more may soon reach threatened status, reports the Worldwatch Institute in "Death in the Family Tree", an article in the September/October 1997 issue of WORLD WATCH magazine. "We already knew that birds, freshwater fish, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals in general are declining in number and diversity," says author John Tuxill, a staff researcher at Worldwatch, "a warning that the Earth's biological diversity, which supports our economic wealth, is in trouble. Perhaps by realizing that human activity now threatens creatures like ourselves such as chimpanzees and gorillas, we will finally take meaningful action." Forest habitat loss to logging, mining, and encroaching human settlements is the biggest problem facing threatened primates. Hunting for food (one in three threatened primates is unsustainably hunted) and the largely illegal pet trade, which affects the "charismatic" species such as orangutans and gibbons, follow closely.

78. Born Free Foundation's Primate Project, Conserving Primates In Their Natural Env There is a flourishing trade in primates (especially baby chimps) as exotic pets,circus performers or photographic props. To capture a wild chimp, its mother http://www.bornfree.org.uk/primate/primthreat.htm

NEWS PROJECTS EDUCATION GET INVOLVED ... EXTRAS Primates Under Threat Habitat destruction Vast areas of forest are devastated by logging companies, destroying chimpanzee and gorilla habitats. Increased accessibility to the forests opens up routes for poachers. Bushmeat poaching A selection of bushmeat at Bamak market in Mali Chimps, gorillas and other wildlife are killed for meat. 'Bushmeat' used to have a low impact, but increased increased gun use and the creation of roads through the forest has escalated the killing of wildlife for commercial trade. Live trade There is a flourishing trade in primates (especially baby chimps) as exotic pets, circus performers or photographic props. To capture a wild chimp, its mother and other relatives are killed. The traumatised orphans are often malnourished, vulnerable to disease and suffer from abuse and isolation. Captive exploitation Primates are bred in captivity for use in medical and military research, for the entertainment industry, and for zoos.

79. SEAL Website The reintroduction of endangered animals to the wild is an attractive, but to theviability of reintroduction attempts of these endangered primates in terms of http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/laland/seal/primates.htm

Publications The Chief Underlings Collaborators ... Zoology Dept. We are currently working on a research program exploring the social learning of foraging information, parental behaviour, and information about predators in marmosets. We are studying social learning in callitrichids with two main goals: to understand the mechanisms and dynamics of social learning to apply this knowledge to enhance the efficacy and thus viability of the reintroduction of captive callitrichids as a conservation strategy. The reintroduction of endangered animals to the wild is an attractive, but expensive and largely unsuccessful, conservation strategy due to the lack of scientific input. The field of social learning has much to add to the viability of reintroduction attempts of these endangered primates in terms of pre-release training and recommendations for the composition of release populations. Through access to zoo populations of marmosets, we will conduct a comparative and ecologically valid series of studies. The research is being carried out by: Rachel Day Webpage E-mail Kevin Laland Webpage E-mail

80. Orang Utan: The Wild-man Of Borneo -- ThingsAsian Article for orphaned baby Orang Utans, a hospital for injured primates and as a safehousefor pregnant Orang Utans or those who cannot find enough food in the wild. http://www.thingsasian.com/browse/stories/topic/Animals/goto_article/article.181

Member: None Recommendation: Avg. recommendation of other readers. RatingInit(1, 1, 6); How highly would you recommend this story? Scale of 1 to 5 (5 being best) Care to Comment? Register as a member of the ThingsAsian community and Log In User Name: Password: Become a member of the ThingsAsian Community See Also: Related Topics: Animals Orang Utan: The Wild-man of Borneo By Ee Lin Wan Orang Utans at the Sepilok Rehabilitation Center The Man of the Jungle It is one of the largest of tree-dwelling mammals and shares 96.4 % of the human genome. With two intelligent eyes, a tuft of fluffy hair at the top of its head and a skull structure almost similar to that of man, this great primate have lived in harmony with the indigenous people of Borneo, and Sumatra in Indonesia. Known as the "Orang Utan" literally translated as "Man of the Jungle" among the locals, the animal population started dwindling rapidly by the late 1960s. The tropical rainforests, which have been the Orang Utan's habitat for many generations are being torn down indiscriminately by timber tycoons, eager to exploit their logging concessions to its fullest. As the tycoons became instant millionaires, the Orang Utans, in turn, became an endangered species. Requiring huge trees to "nest" for the night and the support of old trees to support their weight an adult male can weight up to 100 kg many primates could not survive the human onslaught on their habitat. Obstacles to Living Some adult Orang Utans are killed by logs falling on them. Others are killed by hunters because as they begin to flee their territory into human villages in search of shelter and food. Many baby Orang Utans become overnight orphans when their mothers are killed or captured. Others are reared as household pets when they are young and abandoned when they become less adorable as adults. These former household pets find it difficult to survive in nature because they have never acquired jungle survival skills such as learning how to swing on the trees, searching for food or protecting themselves against other predators.

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